Christine Jardine

Jardine retained her seat at the 2019 general election and increased her majority from 2,988 (5.7%) to 3,769 (6.9%).

Christine was married for 30 years to Calum Macdonald, the Digital Editor for the Herald and Times Group. He died of a heart attack aged 55 during the 2017 General Election campaign. They have one daughter.

Jardine was elected for the Edinburgh West constituency in the 2017 general election, succeeding independent MP Michelle Thomson who had been elected as a member of the SNP. Jardine received 18,108 votes and 34.4% of the overall vote.

After the 2017 election, questions were raised about the allocation of some spending to the Liberals' national campaign, in view of the cap on spending by the local campaign. No official complaint was made, and a party spokesman said that all spending had been correctly apportioned.

In 2011 she was appointed Scotland media adviser to the Coalition Government, working under Nick Clegg. In 2013, she came third in the Aberdeen Donside by-election, and in 2015 lost to Alex Salmond in the election for the constituency of Gordon.

Christine Anne Jardine (born 24 November 1960) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician serving as Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson since 2019. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh West in 2017.